Sigma rule: New PDQDeploy Service - Server Side

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-b6ded7554f30, updated 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
New PDQDeploy Service - Server Side
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-07-22
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_pdqdeploy.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects a PDQDeploy service installation which indicates that PDQDeploy was installed on the machines.
PDQDeploy can be abused by attackers to remotely install packages or execute commands on target machines

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection_root:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
selection_service:
    - ImagePath|contains: 'PDQDeployService.exe'
    - ServiceName:
          - 'PDQDeploy'
          - 'PDQ Deploy'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate use of the tool

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.t1543.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_pdqdeploy.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "New PDQDeploy Service - Server Side" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_pdqdeploy.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: New PDQDeploy Service - Server Side",
entity page, dataset version ref-b6ded7554f30, updated 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/ee9ca27c-9bd7-4cee-9b01-6e906be7cae3 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule ee9ca27c-9bd7-4cee-9b01-6e906be7cae3, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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